Sentences with phrase «on a production car»

These are racers based on production cars that have to retain stock components like the chassis and engine.

The result is the deepest, darkest and most intense black ever seen on a production car surface.

The front pads are equivalent in size to the largest on any production car with a single - pad design, measuring 148 sq. cm.

The race to produce the first truly active suspension on a production car is over.

Hopefully this comes standard on the production cars as anything less than that would make the car look slightly awkward.

The former two could well sit on the production car's options list, however.

Fortunately it retains the incredible comfort of the saloon and takes it to another level with some groundbreaking technology never seen before on a production car.

Many of the car's features eventually were adopted on production cars.

Formula E is the best racing series for engineering feedback on our production cars.

I love seeing racing tricks being used cleverly on production cars.

It also began to preview the more aggressive wedge shape found on the production car twins.

The body - side treatment below the doors, however, remains the same, hinting that it will be reflected on the production car.

It will take a few years before this styling language finds its way on a production car, but the results should be interesting to say the least.

The show car was finished in a non standard colour called Cool Yellow which I have never actually seen on a production car.

It's said to be the largest and most powerful brake system Bentley has ever offered, as well as the largest front brake system available on any production car.

The Q45's full active suspension, the first offered on a production car, will be available in 1991 as a $ 4,000 option.

The new wheels are wrapped in massive Pirelli PZero Trofeo R 305 / 30ZR19 tires - the first use of this kind of tires on a production car.

«I worked on the production car during the week, and spent weekends working on the structure of the C5 - R race car,» Wesoloski said.

If teams like Corvette, Aston Martin, and Porsche must build cars based on race machinery and not on production cars, the costs will soar and eventually the class will suffer.

Honda CR - V Honda insists that the vehicle seen in this photo is a concept, but you can count on the production car looking nearly identical, save for the tinted glass and the big wheels.

They are the biggest on a production car at 15.4 inches up front with six piston calipers.»

Ford Performance says it had to come up with completely new testing standards for the car, since winter tire evaluation on a production car like this had never been done before; this involved trials of different tires, in northern Michigan and in Sweden.

But this might change on the production car especially when the new XUV has been given a revised fascia.

Michelin is happy because these tires are closer to the ones used on production cars than normal racing tires, and Formula E organizers believe the lack of grip makes the racing more dramatic.

The front pads are equivalent in size to the largest on any production car with a single - pad design — double that of the Corvette Z06's 70 - sq.

The electric championship's newly - unveiled BMW i8 is equipped with the world's first 7.2 kW wireless charger, the Qualcomm Halo, and arrives with the objective that the technology will appear on production car option lists by 2017.

Probably the best brakes on a production car.

This scans the road ahead, and adjusts the suspension stiffness for perfect body control, and for the first time on a production car, can also tilt the car into corners to the aid of both comfort and cornering ability.

Nineteen - inch wheels and tires, and exterior mirror housings mounted on chromed arms and tail lamps turned 90 degrees from their position on the production car give the rear end more horizontal emphasis.

Leave it to the auto engineers of Japan to come up with four - wheel steering on a production car.

A lot of technology on production cars — that is, the cars we drive on the street — has, over time, trickled down from the racing world...

The illuminated grille will be sacrificed on production cars, not least for safety and regulatory reasons.

Built in South Africa and imported into the United States as a kit — thus avoiding many of the federal regulations placed on production cars — the Brock Coupe comes to your local dealer (the nearest is in Georgia) lacking an engine and transmission.

It has everything it needs to get there: exciting design with sporty, athletic contours, a newly - developed chassis for safe and agile cornering, new high - tech features in this class, a new high - quality interior, generous space and a host of clever innovations such as the flexible integrated carrier system «Flex - Fix», which makes its world premiere on a production car.

The massive ceramic brakes, the largest you can get on production car, shed speed with eye - bulging efficiency.

That change will give Ford the opportunity to test the use of plastic on a production car with SHO's relatively low volumes.

It's a testament to the build of the C7.R and the chassis on the production car that Tommy was able to walk away.

In regular - speak, we hope that means Subaru will take a cue from the bold stance of the Viziv 2 and push its design envelope on its production cars further than it normally does.

First used at the end of the 1980s on the Superproduction version of the R21 Turbo, the independent steering - axis front axle was first introduced on a production car on the Mégane Renaultsport.

The other feature that we just couldn't get enough of were the Equinox's bulging fenders, not since the last time we watched a round of WRC competition has our editorial staff seen a set of bold blisters on a production car like these, which go a long way adding a muscular tone to the Equinox's bubbly exterior and framed our car's 18 inch machined aluminum rims perfectly.

It is not there on the production car nor the earlier leaked GS images.

Ford ultimately resolved this issue on production cars in 2006 by introducing new 17 ″ steel wheels for their heavy duty models.

Mercedes - Benz isn't spelling out the list of luxury and safety features that will be standard and optional on the production car.

Lexus says these 10th Anniversary Special Edition models are the very first time the brand has used a matte - finish paint on a production car since it offered the top - dog LFA supercar.

Since the V12 is based on a production car engine and is a little heavier, taller and longer than custom - built prototype racing engines, larger air restrictors were allowed which gave a useful increase in power of 50 bhp over that produced when fitted to the DBR9.

According to Guinness at the time, putting a limiter on a production car changed the Veyron and made the record invalid.

Stats like a 2.92 - foot front wheel lift created upon launch, which is the first ever front wheel lift on a production car, as well as a bundle of auto industry firsts like the first factory production car with an after - run chiller to keep the engine and supercharger cool after shutoff, and an SRT Power Chiller liquid to air intercooler.